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Routinely imbecilic horror flick has a group of “ugly American” college-student tourists in Mexico falling under an ancient curse. Do they lose their heads? Get turned into iguanas? Forced to dig tunnels underneath the border? Nope, instead they have to play the title grade-school game for keeps – anyone breaking the rules dies a gaudy death. Truth is, neither director Jeff Wadlow nor the three writers who helped him construct this time-waster have much flair for storytelling, beyond TV-commercial-style plot building. With Lucy Hale and Violett Beane. Forget it (100 min., 2018, rated PG-13)
ByKelly Vance